Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wonderful, amazing |
| Synonyms: | astonishing, astounding, breathtaking, colossal, dynamite, enormous, fab, fabulous, fantastic, fat*, gigantic, great, huge, marvelous, mind-blowing*, mind-boggling, miraculous, monster, monumental, overwhelming, phenomenal, prodigious, radical*, smashing, spectacular, staggering, stunning, super, superb, surprising, terrific, titantic, too much*, tremendous, unreal*, utmost*, vast, wondrous |
| Antonyms: | terrible, unimportant, unimpressive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enormous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very large |
| Synonyms: | astronomic, barn door, blimp, colossal, excessive, gargantuan, gigantic, gross, huge, humongous, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, monstrous, mountainous, prodigious, stupendous, super-colossal, titanic, tremendous, vast, whopping |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, little, minute, small, tiny |
| Main Entry: | extraordinary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | strange and wonderful |
| Synonyms: | amazing, bizarre, boss*, curious, exceptional, fab, fantastic, flash*, gnarly, heavy*, inconceivable, incredible, marvelous, odd, off beaten path, out of the ordinary, outstanding, particular, peculiar, phenomenal, rare, remarkable, singular, special, strange, stupendous, surprising, terrific, uncommon, unfamiliar, unheard-of, unimaginable, unique, unprecedented, unthinkable, unusual, unwonted, weird, wicked* |
| Antonyms: | common, commonplace, customary, familiar, normal, ordinary, unextraordinary, unsurprising, usual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fabulous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amazing, wonderful |
| Synonyms: | 10, A-1, A-OK, aces, astonishing, astounding, awesome, best, breathtaking, cool*, doozie, extravagant, fab, fantastic, fictitious, first-class, greatest, groovy*, immense, inconceivable, incredible, legendary, marvelous, mind-blowing*, out-of-sight, out-of-this-world, outrageous, peachy*, phenomenal, primo, prodigious, rad, remarkable, spectacular, striking, stupendous, super, superb, terrific, top drawer, tops, turn-on, unbelievable, unreal, wicked* |
| Antonyms: | common, normal, ordinary, simple |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fantastic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | enormous |
| Synonyms: | cracking, extreme, great, huge, humongous, massive, monstrous, monumental, overwhelming, prodigious, severe, stupendous, towering, tremendous |
| Antonyms: | little, small, tiny |
| Main Entry: | gigantic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very large |
| Synonyms: | Herculean, Moby, blimp, brobdingnagian, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gross*, huge, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, monster, monstrous, prodigious, stupendous, super-colossal, titan, tremendous, vast, whopping |
| Antonyms: | dwarfed, little, miniature, miniscule, small, teeny, tiny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | good |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pleasant, fine |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, ace*, admirable, agreeable, bad, boss*, bully, capital, choice, commendable, congenial, crack*, deluxe, excellent, exceptional, favorable, first-class, first-rate, gnarly, gratifying, great, honorable, marvelous, neat*, nice, pleasing, positive, precious, prime, rad, recherché, reputable, satisfactory, satisfying, select, shipshape, sound, spanking, splendid, sterling, stupendous, super, super-eminent, super-excellent, superb, superior, tip-top, up to snuff, valuable, welcome, wonderful, worthy |
| Notes: | using good as an adverb in place of well ("she dances real good," "he did good") is nonstandard usage - so, it would be best to say "she dances very well," "he did well" well is an adverb to describe an activity; good is an adjective to describe a condition or state |
| Antonyms: | bad, detestable, disagreeable, unpleasant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | great |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very large |
| Synonyms: | abundant, ample, big, big league, bulky, bull, colossal, considerable, decided, enormous, excessive, extended, extensive, extravagant, extreme, fat, gigantic, grievous, high, huge, humongous, husky, immense, inordinate, jumbo, lengthy, long, major league, mammoth, mondo, numerous, oversize, prodigious, prolonged, pronounced, protracted, strong, stupendous, terrible, titanic, towering, tremendous, vast, voluminous |
| Antonyms: | few, little, miniature, minute, short, small |
| Main Entry: | huge |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extremely large |
| Synonyms: | behemothic, bulky, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, extensive, gargantuan, giant, gigantic, great, gross*, humongous, immeasurable, immense, jumbo, leviathan, lusty, magnificent, mammoth, massive, mighty, mondo, monster*, monstrous*, monumental, mountainous, outsize, oversize, planetary, prodigious, stupendous, titanic, towering, tremendous, vast, walloping, whopping |
| Antonyms: | dwarf, little, miniature, minute, small, teeny, tiny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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